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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was originally recorded on [[6 March (production)|6]] and [[7 March (production)|7 March]] [[1999 (production)|1999]] at [[Crosstown Studios]].
* This story was originally recorded on [[6 March (production)|6]] and [[7 March (production)|7 March]] [[1999 (production)|1999]] at [[Crosstown Studios]].
* This story is a Redux of the very first [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio for ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The Original opened with the following line from a computer warning system on [[Gallifrey]] (voiced by [[Nicholas Briggs]]): ''"Sector 8 alert! Sector 8 alert! Unauthorised capsule entry imminent! Repeat: Unauthorised capsule entry imminent! Stand two on Sector 8!"''
* This story is a Redux of the very first [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio for ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The original opened with the following line from a computer warning system on [[Gallifrey]] (voiced by [[Nicholas Briggs]]): ''"Sector 8 alert! Sector 8 alert! Unauthorised capsule entry imminent! Repeat: Unauthorised capsule entry imminent! Stand two on Sector 8!"''
* In his synopsis for the original {{cs|The Sirens of Time (audio story)}}, Nicholas Briggs gave each episode a title: ''The Knight of Velyshaa'', ''Ship of Destiny'', ''Death of Wonder'' and ''Nexus Point/Curse of the Temperon''. The overall title was inspired by the book ''{{w|The Sirens of Titan}}'' by Kurt Vonnegut.
* In his synopsis for the original {{cs|The Sirens of Time (audio story)}}, Nicholas Briggs gave each episode a title: ''The Knight of Velyshaa'', ''Ship of Destiny'', ''Death of Wonder'' and ''Nexus Point/Curse of the Temperon''. The overall title was inspired by the book ''{{w|The Sirens of Titan}}'' by Kurt Vonnegut.
* ''The Sirens of Time'' was originally released on cassette and CD. Later the cassette version was replaced by a digital download. On [[1 August (releases)|1 August]] [[2013 (releases)|2023]], Big Finish stopped repressing the CDs.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240730002355/https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-first-fifty-a-fiver-each Doctor Who First Fifty a Fiver Each for Good!] (Archived on the Wayback Machine)</ref> Only the download version remains available.
* ''The Sirens of Time'' was originally released on cassette and CD. Later the cassette version was replaced by a digital download. On [[1 August (releases)|1 August]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], Big Finish stopped repressing the CDs.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240730002355/https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-first-fifty-a-fiver-each Doctor Who First Fifty a Fiver Each for Good!] (Archived on the Wayback Machine)</ref> Only the download version remains available.
* The plot originally involved a [[War Lord]] from the television story ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''.<ref name="BFC">''[[The Big Finish Companion: Volume 1]]''</ref>
* The plot originally involved a [[War Lord]] from the television story ''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''.<ref name="BFC">''[[The Big Finish Companion: Volume 1]]''</ref>
* Back when the original audio story was made, Nicholas Briggs, who wrote the story, wanted to make this a [[Dalek]] story, but Big Finish had not yet secured the rights to use them at the time. Thus, they settled on a [[multi-Doctor story]].<ref name="BFC" />
* Back when the original audio story was made, Nicholas Briggs, who wrote the story, wanted to make this a [[Dalek]] story, but Big Finish had not yet secured the rights to use them at the time. Thus, they settled on a [[multi-Doctor story]].<ref name="BFC" />

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The Sirens of Time - Redux was a re-edited, re-scored and re-released edition of the first story in Big Finish's monthly range, The Sirens of Time [+]Loading...["The Sirens of Time (audio story)"], written by Nicholas Briggs and featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

It was released in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Big Finish making Doctor Who audio dramas.

Publisher's summary

Gallifrey is in a state of crisis, facing destruction at the hands of an overwhelming enemy. And the Doctor is involved in three different incarnations - each caught up in a deadly adventure, scattered across time and space. The web of time is threatened - and someone wants the Doctor dead.

The three incarnations of the Doctor must join together to set time back on the right track - but in doing so, will they unleash a still greater threat?

Plot

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Cast

Worldbuilding

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Editions

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Notes

  • This story was originally recorded on 6 and 7 March 1999 at Crosstown Studios.
  • This story is a Redux of the very first Big Finish audio for Doctor Who. The original opened with the following line from a computer warning system on Gallifrey (voiced by Nicholas Briggs): "Sector 8 alert! Sector 8 alert! Unauthorised capsule entry imminent! Repeat: Unauthorised capsule entry imminent! Stand two on Sector 8!"
  • In his synopsis for the original The Sirens of Time [+]Loading...["The Sirens of Time (audio story)"], Nicholas Briggs gave each episode a title: The Knight of Velyshaa, Ship of Destiny, Death of Wonder and Nexus Point/Curse of the Temperon. The overall title was inspired by the book The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut.
  • The Sirens of Time was originally released on cassette and CD. Later the cassette version was replaced by a digital download. On 1 August 2013, Big Finish stopped repressing the CDs.[1] Only the download version remains available.
  • The plot originally involved a War Lord from the television story The War Games.[2]
  • Back when the original audio story was made, Nicholas Briggs, who wrote the story, wanted to make this a Dalek story, but Big Finish had not yet secured the rights to use them at the time. Thus, they settled on a multi-Doctor story.[2]
  • This story was initially "too long," according to Nicholas Briggs: Part 4 had a 45 minute version and a 35 minute version.[3]
  • For the Fifth Doctor, this story is set between The Five Doctors [+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)"] and Warriors of the Deep [+]Loading...["Warriors of the Deep (TV story)"]; for the Sixth Doctor, between The Trial of a Time Lord and Time and the Rani [+]Loading...["Time and the Rani (TV story)"]; and for the Seventh Doctor "immediately prior" to the 1996 TV Movie [+]Loading...["Doctor Who (TV story)","1996 TV Movie"].[4][5]

Continuity

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Gallery

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  • Original recording tapes used

    Original recording tapes used

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    Platinum Edition packshot

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Doctor Who First Fifty a Fiver Each for Good! (Archived on the Wayback Machine)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Big Finish Companion: Volume 1
  3. ↑ BFX: Frozen Time
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000305044754/http://www.doctorwho.co.uk/bf-1.htm
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1814252654756778430
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